Election Commission Approves Directive Mandating Separate Bank Accounts for Campaign Finance Transparency

Kathmandu. The Election Commission (EC) has approved the 'House of Representatives Election Publicity-Promotion Bank Account (Operation and Management) Working Procedure, 2082' to make election expenditure transparent and economical. The procedure, approved by the EC on Tuesday, is reportedly introduced with the aim of controlling, monitoring, and disciplining the publicity expenditure incurred by political parties and candidates in the House of Representatives elections.According to the procedure, political parties and candidates must mandatorily open a separate bank account for election publicity. For this, political parties must apply to the EC Secretariat, and candidates to the respective election office in the prescribed format....